7.0
High
CVE-2026-52972 crypto: af_alg - Cap AEAD AD length to 0x80000000
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: af_alg - Cap AEAD AD length to 0x80000000 In order to prevent arithmetic overflows when checking the TX buffer size, cap the associated data length to 0x80000000.
CVSS 3.1 detail
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitable with local access to the machine, with an ordinary account and without any user action; an attacker can seriously compromise confidentiality, integrity or availability.
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- Low
- Interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux 7.2 | earliest → < 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Linux 7.1 | earliest → < 7.1.5 | 7.1.5 |
| Linux 7.0 | earliest → < 7.0.10 | 7.0.10 |
| Linux 6.18 | earliest → < 6.18.33 | 6.18.33 |
| Linux 6.12 | earliest → < 6.12.91 | 6.12.91 |
| Linux 6.6 | earliest → < 6.6.141 | 6.6.141 |
| Linux 6.1 | earliest → < 6.1.175 | 6.1.175 |
| Linux 5.15 | earliest → < 5.15.209 | 5.15.209 |
| Linux 5.10 | earliest → < 5.10.258 | 5.10.258 |
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| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | 4.1 | No fix stated |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Versions not published |
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